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As political wrangling in Hong Kong continues over changes to how the city’s chief executive will be selected in 2017, Beijing marks the 25th anniversary of the promulgation of the Hong Kong Basic Law—the Special Administrative Region’s constitutional document. A recurring theme—both in the electoral reform debate and in the Basic Law celebrations—has been the supposed novelty

Reading Big Oil’s annual reports for the truth about profits is a little like drilling for oil in the Baltimore Canyon: you know it’s there, but how deep will you have to go to find it?

The railway giant has stepped up its cleaning efforts in the wake of a recent transmission linked to Mei Foo station.

Hong Kong authorities have placed a public housing block under a three-day restriction order for more than 2,500 residents to undergo daily Covid-19 testing, after a suspected Omicron superspreader was believed to have infected 16 others in the building. The order, which takes effect on Friday, was issued after top microbiologist Professor Yuen Kwok-yung inspected Kwai Chung Estate’s Yat Kwai...

Kindergartens and primary schools have already been suspended; students will not return to campus until at least February 7.

Transmissibility of the Omicron variant is four to eight times higher than the Delta variant, making spread possible in a short time.

Two unlinked infections involve teenager found to be carrying Delta variant and 79-year-old man who underwent medical tests in hospital last month.

Two venues in Mei Foo are believed to have operated for nearly 18 years; owners arrested over fraud, operating unlicensed food business and breaching infection-control measures.

Blaze on vessel carrying 3,000 tonnes of metallic waste finally extinguished on Thursday, after bursting into flames near Stonecutters Island the previous dayMore than 180 firefighters tackled the inferno; 15-strong crew uninjured but they have been sent into Covid-19 quarantine